> > At 10:41 +0200 15/9/06, Dominik Klein wrote: > >> I have a table with primary key "id". Another field is "date". Now I > >> want the last n entries, sorted by "date". > >> > >> Is this possible in one SQL statement? > > > > ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT n > > > > Last n entries means I want the last (highest) n ids. And that result > sorted by date.
ORDER BY `id` DESC, `date` ASC LIMIT n I think :-) Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - development tool for MySQL, and more! Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com My thoughts: http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/ Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
